nice, but the theorem meant infinite time, not infinite monkeys
the former model would nail it some time far after the heat death of the universe, if you were putting a bet down
this model would have an infinite number of monkeys getting the complete works perfectly down from the first keystroke
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Wed 2 Apr 2025, 5:03,
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Indeed
an infinite number of attempts trying to do anything would mean perfecting it on the first round.
Of course, then you have to filter an infinite amount of data to find it.
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My Name was saying these words inside your head on, Wed 2 Apr 2025, 10:39,
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you could hire a temp
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Wed 2 Apr 2025, 11:19,
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Ergodic hypothesis suggest that infinite time or infinite monkeys would be equivalent
Provided the monkeys are independent of each other.
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the esotericism
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Wed 2 Apr 2025, 21:39,
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infinitits
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Thu 3 Apr 2025, 5:50,
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Is that connected to the double slit experiment?
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My Name was saying these words inside your head on, Thu 3 Apr 2025, 10:18,
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You could even just have an infinite number of typewriters, no monkeys
there is always a tiny, but finite, chance that random quantum fluctuations would produce forces on the keys that type out the entire works of Shakespeare and as we all know, any finite chance, however small, in an infinite system becomes a 100% certainty to happen at least once.
You could even just have nothing, and there is about the same chance that the works would spontaneously form out of that nothing, fully printed, autographed, and bound.
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My Name was saying these words inside your head on, Wed 2 Apr 2025, 22:02,
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It's April 1st, and that means...
...time for the Lock-Picking Lawyer
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Glaswegian tells orca to fuck off
NSFW
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RompaStompa Stick it up your jumper, Tue 1 Apr 2025, 13:53,
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Elon's Insights
I made this!
Based on the Star In Next Week's issue from back in December
* ELON-O-TRON 2000- An account that posts nonsense facts like "dogs piss out of their eyeballs" but it's presented as if it's been quote tweeted by Elon going "interesting" and "looking into this"
Hopefully the link works. Ideally it would be an account on actual twitter, but a) i don't want to be on twitter and b) Elon would kill me
elonsinsights.pages.dev/
(, Tue 1 Apr 2025, 13:36, Reply)
I haven't been on twitter since 2012, but this is much better than it ever was.
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there are about 150 facts so far
but I've now added an anonymous jotform so people can just fill their boots and add whatever atrocious thoughts come into their heads.
I may regret this.
(, Wed 2 Apr 2025, 12:27, Reply)
Maybe I ran into a random clump of repetitions right at the start :)
(, Thu 3 Apr 2025, 12:11, Reply)
I reckon it should be...
"Homophones not welcome at Pride marches...."
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Boot I want to know what you meant, Wed 2 Apr 2025, 6:51,
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are we workshoppin' here?
nice one - have changed it to
Homophones not welcome at Gay Pride parades. Sounds like the Woke Agenda gone mad to me.
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Hooray
someone listened to my idea - this happens so rarely. Thank you.
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rob, Fri 4 Apr 2025, 15:28,
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Pocket Bomberman BOP
I recently bought this for my Gameboy colour. And this bop is top of the bops.
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Octo I ruin everything., Tue 1 Apr 2025, 12:30,
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I am ashamed to say I have never played a traditional bkmberman game.
But I own a snes so could pick one up.
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Octo I ruin everything., Wed 2 Apr 2025, 13:07,
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The Snes was ace
I never owned one but a few of my friends did.
I had an Amiga 500 instead. Deluxe paint II was a lot of fun.
Rick Dangerous II.
WWhhhaaaaa
Edit. if you have a snes, do you have the game Blackthorne?
Tricky one but i gave up on the final boss.
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Why Conor McGregor will never be president
NSFW
Napoleon Blownapart
12:09
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brb top shit, Tue 1 Apr 2025, 0:02,
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Why hasn't this bloke mentioned the local authority route to candidacy, which is obviously the method Conor would use?
He doesn't need the support of 20 members of the Irish Parliament if he can get the support of four out of 31 of Ireland's local authorities. Still no small task by any means, but significantly more likely than going down the Parliament route.
'but Trump managed to become President' is absolutely a valid argument in this case. The Irish aren't much more intellectually gifted than the Merkins, God bless 'em, and he currently has better odds than some of the other potential runners.. Nothing would surprise me at this point.
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Reminds me of the 2015/16 videos and articles exactly titled this way...
"Trump will never be President", they confidently claimed.
As one of the commentards on your video points out - the consequences of killing Harambe continue to get out of hand.
People need to stop claiming that "[thing] will NEVER happen"; it's just asking for it to happen.
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Dave Trouser ; the people's choice - 75% agree, Tue 1 Apr 2025, 10:56,
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I mean, sure. Ireland could suddenly turn violently and idiotically right wing,
and vote for a Trumpian, violent, drug addled, gibbering, rapist gangster who can't string a sentence together. It could totally happen.
I'm sure he'd not fall foul of any of the nationalist infighting as he attempts to unite the 2%. I'm sure his temperament and noted ability to bring people together in peace and harmony will be a recipe for a long and fruitful life in that regard.
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brb top shit, Tue 1 Apr 2025, 17:31,
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The problem with Trump was it was a million to one shot.
And as everyone knows, million to one shots turn out at least 9 out of 10 times.
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The Awful Puppy Bakery is still bored, Wed 2 Apr 2025, 2:32,
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It was actually a 927,389 to one shot...
until he threw out phrases like "grab them by the pussy" to bring himself to a round million.
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Rapscallion is it fashion or disease?, Thu 3 Apr 2025, 1:11,
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From the Files of PUPPECIDE
NSFW
I made this!
Remember home made sketch comedy on YouTube? Yes, it's 2008 again.
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s'alright
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Tue 1 Apr 2025, 4:42,
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Tribe with Bruce Parry. He's back and I hope you enjoy. i-player link.
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unclepills Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think., Mon 31 Mar 2025, 22:27,
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I've definitely become more cynical since the first series.
But I can't help feeling that these tribes he 'encounters' are putting on a bit of a show. Kind of like when you turn up at a Hawaiian resort to be greeted by groups of totally authentic tribal Hawaiians dancing the Hula.
Something tells me a lot of these tribespeople are hanging around in Adidas tracksuits flicking through TikTok when the cameras aren't running, and the whole thing is just an excuse for Parry to get off his tits on frog poison and tree bark.
I'll probs still watch it, mind.
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Understood
This one starts up with an insurance assessment, I guess to hook the folks who like the danger and drugs, and the general formula is quite familiar,
But he's older, seems calmer and more considered. I know he's been campaigning in his TV absence, and the message here is about the same stuff he's been working on in that time. I think the editing has improved, and they've not really gone for the drama so much this time. It's almost like he's changed from a single man to a parent (in the way he participates and communicates).
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unclepills Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think., Tue 1 Apr 2025, 16:24,
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Cartoon Network international ident from 2015
I just think it's neat.
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Ambegris likes his tea stirred anti-clockwise, Mon 31 Mar 2025, 21:11,
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Who's the Anti-Freddie?
Or is that just from a millennial Scooby-Doo spin-off?
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joefish It's hard for thee to kick against the pricks, Thu 3 Apr 2025, 10:53,
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Fibre optic driven display
The difficult way
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Mon 31 Mar 2025, 21:10,
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That's an impressive amount of work for a single digit display!
There's something very pleasing about the numeric characters caused by the patterns from crosstalk.
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tarka_dall Like normal dall, only a bit more spicy, Mon 31 Mar 2025, 22:11,
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You have to remember the end product was probably not the single digit display.
It was the video.
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The Awful Puppy Bakery is still bored, Wed 2 Apr 2025, 2:36,
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Interesting video for fans of New Order (and other Manchester bands)
I really like his Manchester industrial heritage urbex vids.
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Happosai _,,,,_(O ; o)_,,,, Mon 31 Mar 2025, 21:02,
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That could be the most
appropriately boring music video ever!
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brb top shit, Mon 31 Mar 2025, 20:27,
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Prettiest rocket launch I've ever seen
Not one of the longest either...
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Sun 30 Mar 2025, 23:44,
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The cascade of snow falling of the "mission control" hut on the left
- *chef's kiss*
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Invisible Wizard - 10th Level Nerf-herder, Mon 31 Mar 2025, 18:39,
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That is rather lovely.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Mon 31 Mar 2025, 19:14,
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Nominative determinism of the day.
Not particularly funny but meh.
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Her justification is weird
It’s akin to saying “Yes, I burgle houses regularly, had been tipped off that this was a good place to burgle, and had gone equipped, but I didn’t burgle it on that particular occasion.”
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Mon 31 Mar 2025, 7:03,
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100% she fucking hocked those mushies
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Fadgebadger Sweaty sumo wanks for everyone!, Mon 31 Mar 2025, 8:07,
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There's not mushroom for doubt.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Mon 31 Mar 2025, 8:50,
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Bet she's always getting into truffle
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Fadgebadger Sweaty sumo wanks for everyone!, Mon 31 Mar 2025, 9:12,
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madcap
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Mon 31 Mar 2025, 13:41,
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Fun little knight-on-a-chessboard game
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Boot I want to know what you meant, Sun 30 Mar 2025, 11:43,
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nice and fairly addictive
shame there's no way to keep track of your scores
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All the code's on githuib
if you fancy : github.com/freetonik/KnightRide/
He's also done a little write-up of the development process:
rakhim.exotext.com/knight-ride-a-game-about-rogue-chess-knight
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Boot I want to know what you meant, Sun 30 Mar 2025, 13:08,
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I didn't realise but it does actually show your highest score on the front page
so that's a bonus
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Nice
1532 on my first attempt. I'm Goona try and get high scores.
2080 now..i guess it's best not to get too greedy and get to base before running out of moves.
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I can't stop....
level 188 with 27578 points. The dog needs walking, the grass needs mowing ... but I can't stop
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Boot I want to know what you meant, Sun 30 Mar 2025, 16:09,
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I got 20215 at the moment
level 164..can't...stop....either..
must...get...help..
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Yep,
once I realised that, I knew I could never play it again...
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Happosai _,,,,_(O ; o)_,,,, Mon 31 Mar 2025, 20:59,
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I know what you mean there.
Maybe you should have to get all of the the pieces to progress to the next level.
It's good knight practice though i suppose. I like getting the streaks.
900 points on one level was my best effort.
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Fun, but
I don’t get why some moves score minus points?
Oh! You lose points if you move into a square which puts you under attack from another piece
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LP, Sun 30 Mar 2025, 15:01,
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Excellent little game. I taught myself how to use a knight to hit every square on a chess board and after playing that I've just tried it again and I can still do it.
Must be 30 years since I last tried it.
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A Reddit community for everyone
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Fadgebadger Sweaty sumo wanks for everyone!, Sun 30 Mar 2025, 9:03,
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Hello you cunt
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unclepills Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think., Sun 30 Mar 2025, 22:10,
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The Lovely Mrs Wizard paints!
I made this!
The less famous view of Itsukushima temple, looking inland, instead of out to sea.
It was a beautiful day when we visited. The short trip from Hiroshima to the temple was what we need to find some actual peace after the lurking horror of the Peace Memorial Park.
She's tried to paint this scene from her photo three times now - there's a lot of fiddly bits. This video goes into some real-time detailing of trhe water reflections, and has more notes from Mrs Wizard.
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Invisible Wizard - 10th Level Nerf-herder, Sat 29 Mar 2025, 12:54,
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You mean like "The Lovely Debbie Magee"?
What first attracted you to the millionaire Invisible Wizard?
Are you a millionaire, Wizard?
(, Sat 29 Mar 2025, 18:41, Reply)
My abiding memory of Itsukushima (although I'm sure it was called Miyajima when we went) was of the queues of people lining up to take THE shot for their instagram or whatever. Beautiful place, but very touristy.
The Hiroshima Museum was unforgettable. Everyone should see it.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Sat 29 Mar 2025, 22:52,
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Miyajima is the island where the Itsukushima temple is.
You can also photograph that gate from anywhere else on the bay, but for some reason, the tourists like a queue.
EDIT - the Lovely Mrs Wizard informs me that actually, Miyajima is a a sort of colloquial name, meaning "Shrine Island", and Itsukushima is the historical name for the island.
We still can't edit title text.
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Invisible Wizard - 10th Level Nerf-herder, Sun 30 Mar 2025, 7:12,
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Example - from the side, the details of the temple gate are much more interesting
Click for bigger (60 kb)
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Invisible Wizard - 10th Level Nerf-herder, Sun 30 Mar 2025, 7:16,
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There's a little pier on the cliff edge in Zakynthos
for taking the photo of the shipwreck on the beach; looks a lot like this.
Not-Greek tour operators are known to march their people along a ludicrously crumbly path to the next cliff edge, and every so often a few have an unscheduled plummet trying to take a selfie with their back to a 200m drop.
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1994: Young People on their FIRST CAR | From A to B | Retro Transport | BBC Archive
Interesting and sometimes very revealing snapshot of british midlle class car culture.
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Mental that many kids' first cars today are now faster than most supercars were back then.
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My first car in 1990
was described by mates as having the colour of dead flesh, a sort of washed out yellowy beige/brown. It was a 1.3 escort estate MK1 IIRC. Wouldn't pull the skin off a custard, but you could sleep in the back if you went to a party and I wired up the speakers from my stereo at home so it was really loud if you wanted it to be.
Ended up having a single vehicle accident and stuffing it into a bridge, walking home and reporting it stolen.
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My Name was saying these words inside your head on, Sat 29 Mar 2025, 11:10,
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First car was a 73 Toymotor Corolla
Gutless tiny little thing, so much play in the steering wheel that driving over 50mph was seriously scary. 50 was pretty much max anyway.
Partner and I went out for the night and parked somewhere and got wrecked and got taxi home. Neither of us could remember where we were the previous night. We never did remember where and lost the car. Checked all our usual haunts, but nope.
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simbosan is too tired, Sat 29 Mar 2025, 11:33,
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mine was a datsun 180b, if we're sharing.
Older brother gave it to me when he moved to canada. I was on 110 p/w as a dirtbag student and had to pay rent, booze and food out of this. I ran out of petrol in it perhaps a dozen times. The brake cylinder cracked and I couldn't afford to fix it, but drove it for another year without brakes, using gears and the handbrake to slow down. In the end the cops gave me a canary (a yellow unroadworthy sticker) for a cracked windscreen, and I had to sell it to the wreckers for a pittance. Loved that car
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Sat 29 Mar 2025, 23:14,
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Austin 1100
At around 20 years old it was older than I was.
Deep dark blue, almost purple.
No stereo.
No rear view mirror.
Could only get over 60 down a long hill.
One elderly lady driver since new (my great aunt). She gave it to me, in return for me driving her brand new car from London to Bournemouth. The new one was possibly a Metro.... small, blocky, pretty horrid.
Ended up selling the 1100 for £50 many years later when the front wing was hanging off by a few threads of rust
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Boot I want to know what you meant, Sun 30 Mar 2025, 10:00,
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My first and only car was a dog-shit orange Vauxhall Chevette estate...
given to me by my Dad when he got a new car. Never passed my driving test, so never drove it, beyond having a couple of lessons in it in a supermarket car park. Could've been such a shag wagon...!
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Happosai _,,,,_(O ; o)_,,,, Sun 30 Mar 2025, 13:11,
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My first car was a 1966 Triumph Herald 1200 convertible, Wedgewood blue
Pile of rust, constantly needed fixing, but enormous fun. Sold it for £100, and last time I saw it it was towing a Land Rover up a hill.
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Varmint, Tue 1 Apr 2025, 8:07,
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My first car was a Mk1 Fiesta
Four speed manual 1lt, with a choke. It was a bag of shite but I loved it!
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